A Guide to Qualitative Field ResearchThoroughly revised, the Second Edition of A Guide to Field Research is designed to assist undergraduate students and other beginning field researchers in carrying out their first qualitative studies. Its rich examples from classic ethnographies, as well as examples generated by the author herself, help bring alive the abstract principles of field research. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Qualitative Field Research | 1 |
Chapter 2 Ethical Issues in Qualitative Field Research | 15 |
Chapter 3 Prelude to Qualitative Fieldwork | 33 |
Chapter 4 The Infrastructure of Qualitative Field Research | 49 |
Chapter 5 Methodology | 63 |
Chapter 6 Observations | 79 |
Chapter 7 Interviews | 95 |
Chapter 8 Field Notes and Leaving the Field | 113 |
Chapter 9 Coding Memoing and Descriptions | 125 |
Chapter 10 Typologies Taxonomies Visual Representations and Themes | 143 |
Chapter 11 Storytelling Critical Events and Analytic Induction | 161 |
Chapter 12 Evaluation Criteria and Final Manuscript | 179 |
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